Events
All Community Events
Below is a list of upcoming community events.
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30 Jun 2019
Community Event, Featured, Conference
The WA Mental Health Conference is having an end of financial year FLASH SALE on tickets!
This is your exclusive chance to snap up one of the first 100 tickets to our two-day conference for a heavily discounted price of only $400.00. This sale starts Monday, 17 June and will close at end 30 June unless the 100 tickets are sold out prior.
Once these tickets are sold, registrations will close and re-open again at full prices in August. So get in quick!
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18 Nov 2019
Community Event, Forum, Featured
The Western Australian Mental Health Awards will celebrate individuals and organisations that made an outstanding contribution to mental health in the calendar year of 2018. The awards aim to recognise and reward the achievements of those who demonstrate excellence, innovation, and initiative in supporting consumers of mental health services, their families, and carers; and showcase best practice in WA’s mental health sector to inspire others.
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19 Nov 2019
Community Event, Training Course, Forum, Featured, Conference
The WA Mental Health Conference 2019 will be hosted by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health, with the support of the WA Mental Health Commission, with the theme, 'Strengthening our community'.
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30 Jun 2019
Community Event, Featured, Conference
The WA Mental Health Conference is having an end of financial year FLASH SALE on tickets!
This is your exclusive chance to snap up one of the first 100 tickets to our two-day conference for a heavily discounted price of only $400.00. This sale starts Monday, 17 June and will close at end 30 June unless the 100 tickets are sold out prior.
Once these tickets are sold, registrations will close and re-open again at full prices in August. So get in quick!
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7 Jul 2019
Community Event
The theme - 'Voice. Treaty. Truth. - Let's work together for a shared future' acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have always wanted an enhanced role in decision-making in Australia’s democracy.
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5 Aug 2019
Community Event
Theme: 'Sleep on it - memory and problem solving'. #SAW2019 #SleepAwarenessWeek
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5 Aug 2019
Community Event
National Homelessness Week is held every year during the first week of August. This year it falls between 5-11 August 2019.
The Western Australian theme for the week is ‘Home, Safe Home’. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of homelessness the issues that people face, and the action needed to end homelessness and is being coordinated by Shelter WA.
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10 Sep 2019
Community Event
Take a minute to think about the pain and suffering felt by every single person impacted by suicide. This year's theme highlights the most essential ingredient for effective global suicide prevention: Collaboration. Suicide is a whole-of-community issue within which we all have a role to play, and together we can collectively address the challenges presented by suicidal behaviour in society today.
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12 Sep 2019
Community Event
R U OK?Day is our national day of action dedicated to reminding everyone that any day is the day to ask, “Are you ok?” and support those struggling with life .
Taking part can be as simple as learning R U OK?’s four steps so you can have a conversation that could change a life.
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30 Sep 2019
Community Event
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterised by a persistent pattern of varying moods, low self-image, and challenging behaviours.
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6 Oct 2019
Community Event
Mental Health Week is a national week celebrated each year in October around World Mental Health Day on October 10. Each state adopts its own theme and activities. This year's WA theme is 'Mental health starts where we live, learn, work and play'. #mentalhealthstartshere
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10 Oct 2019
Community Event
Many people around the world don’t seek help for mental health challenges due to stigma. We can all do something to help shed a more positive light on mental health. World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October annually and aims to create awareness, reduce stigma, encourage help-seeking behaviour and shape community attitudes and understanding towards mental health.
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13 Oct 2019
Community Event
Carers Australia and Carers Associations invite all Australians to be part of Carers Week. Carers Week is Australia’s annual celebration of carers and is held annually in the third week of October. Carers Week aims to raise awareness of carers, the caring role and relationships, and carer supports and services.
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13 Oct 2019
Community Event
Anti-Poverty Week is a public avenue to encourage all Australians to organise or take part in an activity aiming to highlight or overcome issues of poverty and hardship here in Australia or overseas.
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10 Nov 2019
Community Event
Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Awareness (PANDA) Week was established by PANDA in 2005 to increase awareness and reduce stigma. Since then PANDA has been using the Week to speak out about supporting the mental and emotional wellbeing of expecting and new parents, including the signs to look for and where to go to seek support.
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18 Nov 2019
Community Event, Forum, Featured
The Western Australian Mental Health Awards will celebrate individuals and organisations that made an outstanding contribution to mental health in the calendar year of 2018. The awards aim to recognise and reward the achievements of those who demonstrate excellence, innovation, and initiative in supporting consumers of mental health services, their families, and carers; and showcase best practice in WA’s mental health sector to inspire others.
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19 Nov 2019
Community Event, Training Course, Forum, Featured, Conference
The WA Mental Health Conference 2019 will be hosted by the Western Australian Association for Mental Health, with the support of the WA Mental Health Commission, with the theme, 'Strengthening our community'.
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22 Nov 2019
Community Event
Show the world where you stand on violence against women.
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3 Dec 2019
Community Event
This awareness day serves to increase community education around the gains that can be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.